Manual of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 1Includes information on infection detection and prevention and control, diagnostic technologies, bacteriology, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antiparasitic agents and susceptibility test methods, virology, mycology, and parasitology. |
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Page 130
... increase in the usual rate of that infection in the specified population . Ratio of the number of new cases of infection in a specified population at risk during a defined period to the overall number of people in the population at risk ...
... increase in the usual rate of that infection in the specified population . Ratio of the number of new cases of infection in a specified population at risk during a defined period to the overall number of people in the population at risk ...
Page 353
... increase in titer is generally considered most specific , but single titers of ≥128 for IgG and ≥32 for IgM are considered diagnostically significant . Microscopy : Not available . Antigen tests : Not available . Molecular tests : PCR ...
... increase in titer is generally considered most specific , but single titers of ≥128 for IgG and ≥32 for IgM are considered diagnostically significant . Microscopy : Not available . Antigen tests : Not available . Molecular tests : PCR ...
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... increase in titer on a quantitative nontreponemal test when results of past tests are compared with the most recent test results Secondary Confirmed Direct microscopic identification of T. pallidum in clinical specimens ( dark field or ...
... increase in titer on a quantitative nontreponemal test when results of past tests are compared with the most recent test results Secondary Confirmed Direct microscopic identification of T. pallidum in clinical specimens ( dark field or ...
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